Don’t be so hard on yourself, Dawn. Watching your videos is like stopping by a friend’s house to see how the renovation is coming along. I’m with you on cleaning. Even in the midst of demolition and construction just cleaning up makes a world of difference. When I was a boy I loved going up into the attic, what you call a loft, was so much fun. Once, while I was in hospital recovering from surgery, our son and a friend decided to explore the attic. His friend fell through the ceiling between two joists. No injuries.
Aww thank you, we really love that! ❤️ I think in a way that’s the luxury of not knowing what we’re doing most of the time! lol we can’t give an instructional video so we’re just us, bumbling along the best we can 😂 I really do love a good clean, tidy and organised…helps keep my brain in order too! 😂 I know with the attic…why was it a fun place to be?! We loved going up there! Wow, to fall through and no injuries! That was lucky…I doubt when we were kids we thought about the dangers of going through lol
Love how Dawn was so honest when she said she wasn’t really listening! Great relationship you have and love how you both show each other such courtesy and teamwork.
Hahaha sometimes you just drift don’t you?! Catch a couple of words and think “ooh, I wasn’t listening there!” We do have our moments but on a whole we do work really well together, which is a bonus for something like this!
You looked really well in that black top! I don’t know a You Tuber or content maker, or even someone with a mobile phone, who has not talked away merrily with the camera off! You are only human ❤
Sorry Rob (Dawn's Dad) but I love Dawn in that top. Oh quite often we record and there is no sound, or the microphones aren't on, or the light is blasting the camera so it is all washed out.... like this video a few times... but yes, we are only human and doing our best. Thank you Sharon again for watching ad commenting :-)
That was a great episode, ridge tiles sorted, windows insulated with wool. Rafters dusted and cleaned, insulated, temporary ceiling hung, attic floor insulated. Loved your stories of getting into the loft as children, was in there too, I did similar things also. Your new fire guard is very nice. It really is coming together in leaps and bounds. Well done Dawn and Ben
Thank you! We’re really pleased with what we’ve gotten done just lately. Haha isn’t it funny with the loft when you’re a kid! I suppose it’s like a secret, hidden room of the house! Intriguing! Fire guard is great, really nice and sturdy. Thank you Amazon 😂
Getting the ridge tiles done is awesome, saves a lot of potential damage to the new insulation and boards. It will also help getting the humidity levels down. 👍
He did such a good job for us on the ridge tiles. The humidity in the room now it is insulated and no holes is down to 60-65% making the room feel more comfortable. Most evenings the room is up to 19 degrees C. The kitchen in the farmhouse is normally 20-22 degrees and humidity is about 40% most of the time. Thank you again :-)
I agree with @pitsnipe5559 and others who have commented - don't be so hard on yourself - your videos are great.....I know from my own experience that talking to a camera is not easy and you aren't the only one who has spent a lot of time talking to a camera that wasn't switched on. The more I watch your videos the more thankful I am that the building we are renovating is nowhere near as big as yours. Keep up the good work!
Annoying isn’t it…when you reach out to turn off the camera only to realise it wasn’t running! 🫣 it does get easier the talking to the camera, still feels strange at times…Ben told me to just think of it like telling a family member what you’ve been up to, that made it easier for me. Thank you very much…we’re getting there slowly but surely and you will too. 😊
My dad ‘converted’ our loft into a bedroom for me, I was the queen of the castle up there! My grandchildren have progressed from being petrified of going up two rungs to climbing up at a hundred miles an hour.❤
Isn't that so lovely though, something your dad did for you is still in use today. I do like a converted loft space. Without alterations, we wouldn't be able to have one. Never say never though. Thank you Andrea for watching and commenting such a nice story :-)
Ah we are so pleased with the new ridge tiles, Sean did a great job. We only have the one tradesman, which is Sean and even if our roof fell in, he would still take his time getting to us hahaha. He has fixed the leaking roof with some new tiles when we first came, 3 months later he uncapped the chimneys and now the ridge tiles. We aim to do as much as we can ourselves, but like you say, it is always handy to know one or two trades. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
Everything is starting to really shape up. You two are doing things most of us cant.I really admire Your drive and energy .Once again Dawn video was outstanding. Sending Love and hugs from California
We are living proof that everyone can do things you never thought you could. We don't scare easily, hence buying this house, but there is nothing we have doe that someone else can't do. Even more so now with TH-cam. Thank you so much for watching Sandy and commenting :-)
Thank you! It’s was definitely worth taking the time to do it as they looked almost new once I was finished…which is amazing when you think they’re around a 100 years old!
It is indeed, still hurt the pocket though lol. It did a great job on the windows too. All four downstairs windows are now done. We don't hear the wind, rain and even the tractors going by the window are a lot more quiet. It has made a huge difference to the bedroom and with the fire drying the walls out, it does get more comfortable day after day. Thanks for watching and commenting Derrick :-)
Well done guy's the ceiling looks fantastic.. It great to see you both being able to handle the insulation. When I was a child many many moons ago, I was never in our attic it seem to to be a scary place. When I had my own home my husband used to stand on my shoulders to get into the attic getting Christmas decorations the children Christmas toy's etc. We were both skinny people at the time. 26 year's ago, I had bought a Stira and and it's best ladder ever, I am 65 and fly up and to the attic 👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire
Isn't it funny how we all get up to the attic in different ways. Never heard of someone on someone else's shoulders to do it though... I have now lol. We do love a loft ladder. Sadly we only have trestles, steps and scaffold at the moment. The loft ladder will come :) Thank you so much for putting a smile on our faces picturing your husband on your shoulders and of course for watching and commenting :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject thanks Dawn and Ben, it is funny to hear what you did Dawn to get into the attic very brave indeed. You are both doing fantastic and I am delighted you got your electric on 👍😂😂😂
I actually love your new ceiling just as is. You are both doing such a great job, and because you are doing it yourselves it will be done correctly, unlike most new builds. The roof outside looks wonderful after repair was done. I was so glad to see this post today, just love following the two of you on your building adventures. Sending you both the best from Idaho.
Thank you It turned out much better than we expected it would lol. Shame we couldn’t the panels on the sides but we will have a rethink on that with extending the rafters a bit to fix panels to. We lived in a new build before moving here and there were a few not so good things in there! Oh yes the roof we are chuffed to bits with! It looks really good. Aww we’re soo glad you love following, it gives a little boost to read things like that, so thank you!🤩
Wow what a fantastic job getting done getting the insulation in . Nice getting the roof insulated and the joists. I do like the idea of a floor to walk on up in the attic to store a few light things up there. I like the wood ceiling and well done and getting there more and more. Ha Ha Ben you read my mind having a shave
Well first off... I have had a hair cut and a shave :-) It is nice to have the ceiling up, although it is a shame the sides didn't go to plan. We will look at getting some boards on the sides after we do our bedroom ceiling. We can extend the rafters giving more space from the tiles. Then we can go back and do Lukas' side ceiling. Yes, a few boards for the Christmas decorations are a must and I am sure a couple of more things will find their way up. Thanks Simon for watching and commenting :-)
It's coming along! I like the way the paneling looks, it may grow on you. I think if you did your bedroom insulation it would help make the house warmer and help keep the heat in much better and then drying out would be more successful. I am so glad your roofer person was able to make it over, what a relief that must have been. Would they approve an extension on the back to expand the bathroom as is to include that area the shower is already in, you could do it with all the rocks about and keep the aesthetic (or keep it as an outdoor shower)- just a thought, or would you expand it to under the stair case? An AGA stove hooked up to radiators would work in that climate, maybe you could do a fundraiser through buy me a coffee to get one and put in a radiator system. Keep going with the windows- every bit you do will keep you that much warmer in the cold winter nights. I am hoping you get that front door properly fixed soon and that is high on your list. Quick question if you have power then why are you still running the generator?
Thank you for a fantastic comment! Yes the panelling actually looks better than we thought it might. Working on getting the bedroom insulation underway, I've vacuumed the landing roof space and almost finished on the bedroom today, so fingers crossed we can get some insulation up before Christmas in both of those and start to keep the warmth in the house properly 😀 Oh my goodness we were so pleased when the roofer said he could come and do that for us. All rain stopped coming in now and also just the ridge tiles being replaced stopped a lot of cold coming in too. As for extensions, I think you can put a 40m2 extension on the back of the house without any planning permission so that might be a future option. We are planning at present to have both bedrooms with an en suite and then the bathroom downstairs will become just a small cloakroom under the stairs, so that can reclaim some of the hallway back. We have plans for having a range that feeds radiators too at some point, just not sure when for that...because as you indicate it can be quite expensive. Buy me a coffee isn't something we'd thought about doing to be honest...but we certainly wouldn't rule it out...we just wasn't sure if it was the right way to go. Mainly because I think TH-cam and all that goes with it is something quite new to us 😆 All windows are done now and it has made a huge difference all round, which we're really pleased about. The front door is on the priority list most definitely. We were just going to replace it but I've had a proper look at it recently and I think it's actually worth repairing because apart from the obvious, its in not bad condition. Yes, the generator...our videos are a little behind but the electric connected one is present time. So, most of the videos, other than the electric connected video, were filmed whilst we didn't have electric. We've only been connected a week. 😊 Again, thank you for taking the time to comment like you did, it's really appreciated. 😍
Moving your boxes around becomes a big part of the process, but like you said, nearly every box is open, meaning you needed what was in it. The cost is also not needed when you are already having the cost of renovations.👍
This is it. We had a good chat about it and decided that the time taken to drive to the storage place, renting a van if we needed to is all cost too. So we decided we would have everything with us. A you said, we opened nearly every box for one thing or another. It goes without saying... thank you for watching and c..c...c... commenting :-)
Thank you very nice, it is nice to know when people enjoy watching our channel. We look forward to the comments from people, that is our highlight. We are getting there, we are pleased for what we have done in 6 months. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
So glad the roof is repaired. Have to admit that I do not understand much about old stone houses. I guess they are supposed to breath. Modern homes in Canada have vapor barrier attached to the underside of the ceiling beams, insulation is much thicker, and attics have vents to prevent condensation. We also have an access hatch for inspection and repairs. As always, you are making steady progress.
Hi John, thanks for watching and commenting as always, we look forward to seeing your comments. Dawn is the the one who has done all the reading, so my info is second hand for you. Basically......lime plaster on the inside of the walls in the rooms allow moisture through the breathable lime plaster, and then the lime mortar and then gets dried by the wind and sun as the moisture reaches the outside walls. Rain can go on the outside render but dries again with sun, warm and wind. The Cement we have on the front of our house has cracked, so although waterproof, the cracks allow water seepage and then the water cannot escape from behind the cement. This is then trapped in the walls and lime mortar. Moisture from inside the house, from cooking, showering (one day), boiling a kettle and in it's most basic form, living in the house, cannot escape because the walls are already damp where it is stuck. You then get damp walls and floors etc. Dawn can answer it much better than I can, maybe she will add to my reply if I have missed something..... She has just given me the nod to click reply though. Lime also lets the walls / house move with the seasons without cracking. Cement just cracks.
Yay, you got the ridge tiles done, no daylight coming through, that makes me happy! Great job on the insulation, I like the ceiling with the panelled look.
Yep, no daylight and no rain coming into the bedroom, which is always nice lol. The ceiling doesn't look too bad, we were expecting the caravan roof effect but were pleased with it in the end.
Well Ian... lol. Because the ceiling is only there until probably next year, to be replaced with T&G boards, like the ones we removed. The ply is light weight as you know so we went with light, easier to put up than plasterboard :-)
Well done both - the natural insulation looks fantastic and that room will be so much warmer now. Just getting more confident with each task. Sean the builder sounds like a star! Good thinking on Dawn's part to clean those cobwebs away! The house is gradually turning into a home! Kxx
Thank you Kate :-) for continuing to watch and comment. Without the howling wind coming through the windows the rooms already feel warmer. Even our bedroom which doesn't have a ceiling or insulation yet. Lukas' bedroom is much warmer now and the humidity as I type is down to 63%, so the walls and room are drying out. Sean is great. He doesn't realise how much it means to us for him to do something like the ridge tiles. Dawn really is a cleaner. Yesterday she did the hall ceiling joists and today the landing ones. I suppose I should remove the nails now :-( Thank you again.
We are pleased with the end result, if a little wacky with the padded cell effect. My knees were OK to be honest. Dawn didn't know how I could be up there without knee pads. I prefer being able to feel what I am kneeling on and not guess through knee pads :-) Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment :-)
Thank you! I did try that and it did fizz but I wasn’t sure if that’s because of the lime plaster underneath it….i will try and get a cleaner piece and give that a go. I saved a piece that came out of a piece of plasterboard which looks very similar so I will try both and see what the difference is. Yes we were very lucky with the tornado, we are about 15 minutes from where it was but all we heard was what sounded like one big clap of thunder but nothing much else!
I only have one icon for a heart, there should be more just for you. Thank you so much for this. Thank you so much for always watching and commenting too.
You guys are coming along nicely. I can see the whole place already finished inside 😊 good video. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸 💖 PS you could always paint that ceiling white that would be very nice?
Thanks so much! 😊 We can see it finished..... we hope Christmas morning we will wake up and it will all be done hahaha. Dawn thought about painting it white, but only being a temporary ceiling and the ceilings boards "shouldn't" take too long, we hope it will be sooner than later the plywood gets replaced, As always Jackie, thank you :-) xx
@@thecornerhouseproject yes, I would paint it white for the time being you have to paint a coat on anyway don't you? Coming along, and that insulation looks warmer than any I've ever seen before!
It is like handling a bundle of wool jumpers, there is no itch and very few fibres floating around. It is nice to work with. The boards should be OK without paint, but we will look into it as you now have us thinking....
Hello again! In the US, we would put the insulation as a whole slab in between the rafters, and the board would be nailed or screwed into the rafters, not too different than what you have. You are getting warmer all the time!!!
We like the breathability of the sheep's wool insulation as if it gets damp from humidity it will release it when it warms up a bit and not hold on to it like other fibres. It was a lot of messing with the plywood sheets, they are too thin really but 12mm would be too heavy. Hopefully when we do our bedroom we will perfect it :-) Oh yes, I do like it nice and warm wherever and whenever possible. Thank you so much for watching commenting and super thanking. We should be super thanking you :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject 🤣🤣🤣. You’re so welcome!! I sent my message before you finished the ceiling, as I often do lol, but that ceiling turned out beautifully!!! Had to comment again! ❤️
The insulation around the windows made a huge difference. We have plans for them this winter and hopefully they will look a bit better than having sheep's wool sticking out haha
looks ace folks, id say it feels warmer already! the extra gaps at the side were prob origionally for lead weights to counter balance sash windows. they would have been hollow with a small wooden cover / door that would open to raise shutters. dont fill and its an option to restore once you run out of projects lol
Thank you! Yeah it has made quite a bit of difference, especially around the windows. The drafts coming through have pretty much disappeared! Upstairs there are a couple of windows that have the little wooden cover but they have had cement put in them at some point in the past. It’s a bit of a mixture of windows around here I think no more than 2 are the same 😂 Watched both of your videos tonight…will get commenting tomorrow….eyes have gone now. It’ll end up looking like your spelling the other week! Haha. P.s hope you’re feeling much better now?
So glad you are using sheep wool ! Must be great to install and not using masks and gloves. So environmentally friendly as well. I noticed you are not using a vapour barrier, not needed? You might try putting window plastic over the inside of your windows, it really helps. you can buy the kit that you cut and blow dry tight, or like me, buy thicker clear plastic at the fabric store and build a simple frame to stretch it over. Then I caulk it tight to the window frame. With your windows, you could do two frames so you can still open the windows. You folks get to have your learning curve, you are moving along quickly and of course, as parents, focussing on your child's comfort before your own. hugs
So others can see the answer your question, although you have answered it yourself lol. Sheeps wool will hold up o 33% of it's own weight in moisture. In the damper months it holds on to it until it can be released when it warms up from room warmth or in the dryer seasons. So we don't need a vapour barrier. With that said though, when we do the roof (or get the roof done) we will have a barrier under the tiles. We have been looking at the Perspex windows coverings but have seen the plastic film. Whatever we use it will make a big difference keeping the cold of the glass from falling. Yep, in our previous previous house , yes, 3 houses ago lol, our bedroom wasn't decorated for 14 years and we moved out on the 15th year. Their happiness is more important than ours :-) Thank you as always for watching and commenting :-) (twice)
Great job insulating the windows and lofts. Looking real cosy now with the lovely fires on. I believe it’s your birthday coming up tomorrow Dawn?? Hoping you enjoy the day off
Haha yes it is my birthday tomorrow 🥳🥳 I’m not sure I will take a day off…I have plans for some more hoovering of rafters! Haha It definitely getting there on the cosy levels! Fingers crossed with the other two roof spaces done it will be great!😊
The space in your ceiling is massive! You could literally make that a third floor attic space up there!! I’d insulate it to the roof peaks, plywood the walls, and make it a fort for grandkids! Or at the least make it storage space for seasonal stuff like Christmas decorations. 🤷🏼♀️😂❤
I think in time that’s what we will do, a few rafters need replacing anyway, and we can stick some more strength in at the same time so we can use the space up there for storage as we have no attic storage at present, so all Christmas decorations and keepsakes are in our bedroom! 😂 Storage is space is what we lack at the moment. 🫣
to answer my own question: Sheep Wool Insulation absorbs moisture from the atmosphere during damp seasons and releases it during the dry seasons. For this reason, a vapour barrier is not required and the material can be placed between the joists, directly on top of the ceiling below. So great!
We love how you have gone and looked it up. Thank you for sharing your finding on here for everyone else to read. As I said below, we will have a vapour barrier when the roof is done, but until then we should be ok without one. We just need to hold on to the slates in the wind lol. Thanks again :-)
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You put a small steel strap screwed into the windobframe at the wall side and take the other side is the strap inside and fix to the wall. Easy. Then gap fill with expanding foam between the window and the wall. Use closed seal foam so it water proof
Expanding foam? Dawn would do her nut hahaha, I will let you tell her. I see what you mean with the steel strap, thank you very much and thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Great to get all these jobs done ,especially the ridge tiles !!! That will make such a difference. Is it my imagination or is the standard lamp following you both around the house? It seems to turn up in every room😂😂😂
Oh it was such a relief and perfect timing getting the ridge tiles replaced. It looks really good too, so much so, we are thinking of using them in the future for the rest of the ridge tiles. How do you know we don't have one for each room hahaha. I am not sure why it follows us around, it is large so maybe it is always in the way. We have never noticed to be honest, so well spotted. Thank you for watching and always commenting :-)
Your son is going to be living like a king there in his snug, clean, warm bedroom. =) Vacuuming the beams was certainly worthwhile. It removed- what? a couple of gallons? - of cobwebs, mold, mildew, & potential pests/eggs; and whatever moisture was clinging into them. It also gave you a chance to inspect all the joists & rafters, & make sure no problems were developing. Finally, it gave you a reasonably clean environment to work in. If the loft space were still Cobweb City, you'd probably have needed/wanted a mask for placing the joist insulation. I've seen the fluffy pink insulation still being sold here in the US; & it looks just as horrible to work with as ever. So glad you got the new ridge tiles in. They look beautiful. & Sean(sp?) is a treasure; as is any tradesman who turns up (more or less) when thy say they will, delivers good work at a decent price, & is willing to work you in in an emergency. & how you know you're done waffling, is when the camera battery runs out. 😜 *to be clear, I don't mind the waffling, & usually just enjoy the chatty nature of it.
Oh he loves is bedroom and is really enjoying making it his space! Pc set up and Christmas tree too! I hadn’t thought thought of it like that with the hoovering with all the things you listed but you’re right. They looked great and almost new by the the time I’d finished. There’s a couple of rafters that will have to take a closer look at come the new year, so it was worth a closer look. We definitely wouldn’t have wanted to stick that nice new clean insulation up with all of the cobwebs that were up there. I remember the old Insulation from the attic when I was a kid…it made you itch like crazy after you’d been in there with it! Oh us too with the ridge tiles, Sean did an amazing job on them because the timbers aren’t the greatest and he had to replace lots of broken tiles before he was then able to do the ridge tiles. He’s a really nice, chilled and laid back bloke too, I think we are very lucky to have been given his name on recommendation. 🤣 bloody love that with the camera running out! Well we are very glad that you love the waffle….because I’m not sure we could stop even if we tried! It’s in our nature! Haha
She really did. The time she takes cleaning each joist and rafter is really well spent. Nothing worse than loft spaces with cob webs and dirt rubbing off in your hair lol. A perfect number of comments tonight, thank you :-)
What joy it was to see those new hip ridge tiles in place, and the sheep's wool insulation being fitted fantastic, never thought I would get so excited about ridge tiles, hahaha!! and a bit of cleaning is good for the soul, Dawn my darling, and as for accessing the attic, when you were a child, Mum and I both looked at each other in shock, at that revelation and the means you used to do it, bet you were goaded on by your sisters, xx❤
They look great don’t they?! We were really pleased with what he did…turned out much better than we even hoped it would. Haha so you and us both with the excitement about ridge tiles! You’re right Pa with the cleaning and being good for the soul! It always makes me feel better to clean up stuff! Haha I actually can’t remember with the loft I think it was all of us 😉 we just used to love going up there! There was also a little hatch in the airing cupboard too I think? 🤔 ❤️xx
Another great video. That's going to be so warm and toasty now.What a good job. Dawnie, that does look like plaster, but, I might be wrong. 🤔 Your open fire is lovely I can almost fill the heat, love It! 👍😄💞
Thanks Auntie Chris, it’s still a little chilly but definitely warmer than it was before but….once the fire is a roaring it soon heats up a treat! Thank you, yeah we did think plaster too, we shall try what a few people have suggested with vinegar and see what happens lol 😘❤️
It looks better than we expected too hahaha. We are disappointed that the sides aren't done. When we do our room, we may extend the rafters out so we can board it. If it goes easily enough, we will come back to the first bedroom and do it again. :-)
It is important to be able to know your weakness, and i do believe that most people could never have even had the courage to get on the roof, let alone repair the tiles
You are absolutely right and Sean doing the ridge tiles did make life a lot easier for us and one less, huge, dangerous job to learn and do. Although we do want to do as much as we possibly can, there are times when letting the professionals do it and learning another day are most welcomed.
As always one of the best videos to watch. Your enthusiasm, happy faces, and Dawn cleaning before carrying on makes for great watching. Happy Birthday Dawn, love from Spain. ♥️🌲♥️🌲
Aww thank you so much! We’re really glad you enjoy the videos! We do genuinely enjoy all that we are doing and have done so we’re glad it comes across on camera. I also do love a really good cleaning session! I find it quite therapeutic in a weird way! Thank you very much for my birthday wishes! ❤️❤️
I remember the fibreglass from loft insulation we had when I was younger, very itchy on your skin! Luckily this place had no insulation so we haven't had to deal with removing any of that.
Dawn and Ben great to see you have your ridge tiles sorted. Also so pleased that storm passed by you with no damage to your roof or house. You both have achieved so much and the insulating will be such a bonus. I love your fire,it makes that bedroom look so very cosy and comfy.Dawn it makes life so easy when you clean and clear the workspace as you go.Not climbing over bits and pieces. How is your back Dawn. Look up The Dainley Belt online. I find it the Best Take care and God Bless xx
Ooh I will have a look at the Dainley belt because I must admit it has made quite wary of lifting too much just incase it kicks back off again. 😬 We sooo pleased with the ridge tiles, they look really good and Sean did a much much better job than we would have done if we’d plucked up the courage to get up there! We were lucky it passed by because it did quite a bit of damage as it passed through Leitrim Village. I’ve been hoovering more rafters today and it is definitely a very satisfying activity! Yes, you’re right….i cannot bear a messy workspace, drives me nuts! Xx 😘
Rome wasn't built in a day, 😂 You're doing great, and the satisfaction at the end will be enormous. Lots of hugs. I'm with you all the way, love your videos. ❤❤
😊❤️ We’re so glad you like them! It makes it all worthwhile doing them and also takes away some of the nervousness that comes with each new video going up, especially when it’s one that we’re not sure is interesting enough 😂 You’re definitely right with the satisfaction aspect! Just from the things we have done so far…we are sooo pleased with what we have done so far!
Absolutely brilliant - love the ceiling!! I'll bet it was a lot warmer. I'd be filling a tub with water in front of the fire and having a bath. Well done you two!! toss a plank on the rafters and shove some boxes up there so you can do your room and whole house will be warmer. remember the heat putty you used to fix the stove... use some of that to point the stone in the chimney where the smoke comes through. lime plaster has different consistencies depending on the sand used to mix it, Venetian plaster is mixed with marble dust. Take a plaster sample from your wall to a building supply they should be able to let you know what mix it is. Sands used should be well graded with a range of grain sizes, which for most plaster, render and mortar work will range from 5mm down to 75 micron. The difference is for building a wall the coarser sand for rendering the wall a medium grain sand and for smooth plastering a fine grade sand that pigments or (dusts like marble) can be added for colour and texture. decorative plastering would mainly be done with plaster paris or venetian plasters. You could have many different kinds of textured walls depending on your preference and the mix - have fun looking it up and see if you would like to do any of them.
Haha….ooh hopefully we will have a shower indoors in a few days…it’s nearly there now….but I must admit a bath in front of the fire does sound quite appealing! Can’t wait until we have a “bedroom” either….will be vacuuming the rafters in there tomorrow I think to get a start on it. We did think about chucking some boxes up there but the collar ties aren’t the thickest so not sure they would hold the weight of our stuff 😂 Ooh I like the idea of the putty will have to see how much we have left. I will look into that with the plaster. The one on the video is really smooth, I immediately thought of it being a modern gypsum plaster because all the lime in the rest of the house isn’t smooth, but I then watched a TH-cam video of a piece of set lime putty and it looked very similar, so that made me wonder it is actually lime after all lol confusing this renovation lark! 🤣
@@thecornerhouseproject My Father was a master plasterer and stone mason. The youngest of 9 kids, the oldest kids were married when he was born in 1919. We had all grades of sand at home and different kinds of lime and different kinds of powders/pigments and mouldings. I learned a lot from him and have forgot much too. I do remember screening sand to get the very fine sand dust for plastering walls. My Grandfather, A Mason, Served in WW1. I'm fortunate to have been taught by people who didn't have an indoor toilet, didn't have electrics and cooked over an open fire - the stories and explanations and lessons in history from a living relative have been invaluable. My Mothers family cooked on an open fire until she was 11 when they moved to a house with electric lights in 1947. I am from the "missing generation" Not a boomer and not the next gen either lol. 5 members of the family were members of the Masons Guild.
Wow that is some lovely family history there! No wonder you know as much as you do! You have lived it first hand! Having lived how we have for the last 6 months..(not close to living how hard it used to be by any means) it certainly does make you appreciate every little thing and achievement to regaining the basic modern day "needs".
@@thecornerhouseproject You have a beautiful home with some precious secrets to the past. It is wonderful watching you uncover those secrets and incorporate them into the future. Not everything can be saved but some can be replaced, just make sure it is functional for you and decorate around the function. The most important part is already done - filling the home with Love!
"Here they come a Waffalling"! and so glad you do. Your video's are so good to watch natural and funny almost like sitting down with you. What a relief that you are now watertight and with all the insulation you really will feel the difference. I love the new ceiling, very smart. Can I adopt one of your cats? They are adorable. XX
Aww aren’t they cute! They are sooo funny to watch and when they are running around upstairs on the wooden floors, they sound like a little herd of elephants! We’re really glad you like the videos, you will know firsthand how much Ben likes a chat! Oh we are so pleased with the water tightness of the place, it’s lovely for it not to be dripping through there anymore! Xx
I love the ceiling! I find it interesting you call the attic a loft. My parent’s house has the hatch, but we kept a ladder handy to go up and down. Our old house didn’t have a loft/attic because we had living space there. Our current house has a drop down staircase, which my husband is grateful for, and so are the cats. Cool to learn how the windows were put in. I used to hear the old fellow say they set the windows in, guess they actually meant the set them in and it wasn’t a just a figure of speech. So does the son think his room looks slightly like a padded cell?
It’s strange actually because when I was younger I always called it an attic, I’m not sure when it became a loft! I wonder it it was being with Ben that changed it lol he uses loft, so maybe I just picked it up from there lol. I love a drop down ladder for the attic/loft, makes life so much easier and less dangerous! Haha! This is it with the windows…it might be just the way it was done…we only have experience of modern day windows where they are fixed into a recess, I was quite surprised when the first I started on proceeded to lean backwards into the room! Haha He actually quite likes it which is handy lol but yes he did agree with it looking like a padded cell! Haha
In South Africa you hardly ever find a usable loft space, being the only son it was always my job trying to get through the trusses without putting my foot though the ceiling.👍❤
hahaha. Well we will make loft hatches for access and will board a small section for light things only. These collar ties, nor the roof were designed for a roof full of stuff. I must admit, having something below you gives a false sense of security. Quite a few times my feet were pushing against the plywood. With a 300mm gap though, I am not sure I would fit through hahaha. Thank you again, as always :-)
It would be lovely (and cheaper) if we didn’t have to replace it lol. Fingers crossed that’s the case. There may be a few timbers that we need to replace…but it’s not too bad at all considering it had rain coming through in multiple areas for a few years! So it’s quite surprising it’s in as good a condition as it is!
You guys are doing a great job! The vacuum of the rafters is smart, not just a Dawn thing! A clean worksite is a safe worksite. With the identifying of that plaster, I’m wondering if it is lime sand and concrete. I heard another Irish renovater saying that that is what they were going to use on their stone ruin. Yours looked to me like lime and sand, but it was much more coarse than lime putty used in the hotter climates like Spain & Portugal. Tim & Jo on The Renovation Couple used a lot of lime in his previous stone house in the UK. So might be worth checking out their old videos. Love using that sheepswool in the tricky places instead of that horrible expanding foam. Cheers from hot AUSTRALIA.
Yes, you and me both with the expanding foam! So much easier and less messy with the wool. It works really well with the windows too, the noise dampening effect was instant! I have been following for the renovation couple for a while now. I think I found them, strangely when I was looking for videos on lime work and I just love watching them, he is very good with explaining all that he does too. I do like a clean work site, so much easier to work in and also to be able to find all that you need to do the job.
Could you give a bit more info on this please as we still have the other bedroom and landing to do. Anything to make the side walls easier would be great. Thanks for watching and commenting, as always :-)
I think she means to "fir out" the walls, to provide attachment for the plaster board sheets. We typically use 2" x 3" nominal lumber, laid up vertically at 16" apart on center. Then when you hang the 4'x8' drywall (plasterboard), they'll be flush with the light switches and other outlets (depending on the depth of those boards they're mounted on). Then they won't stick out from the walls, and you avoid patching all the plaster. We love watching your show and love the progress in each episode! @@thecornerhouseproject
Thank you Alma. I like to get a roaring fire going as I am a cold blooded creature. It is just a shame the fire in the living room can't be used. Have a lovely Christmas ⛄ xx
Thank you very much. Getting there bit by bit to get us through winter. Being able to live indoors and not the tent, in a warm, comfortable fashion is like a revelation to us. Thank you for watching and commenting, every comment helps our channel grow a little.
This is just temporary Sharon, certainly in the second bedroom, ours will probably be the last room to get finished. The ply ended up being screwed up there as the staples over time started to pull out.
Thank you for watching and commenting. For around the floors and small gaps we used www.sheepwoolinsulation.com/ For the loft space and large areas around the window we used thermafleece.com/
Hi folks, loving your channel :-) Brilliant you’re using sheep’s wool insulation as it’s so environmentally friendly. Hope you don’t mind me asking, but whereabouts in England are our form originally? I can usually place accents but I can’t yours!
Thank you! ☺️ we were shown the door and gap filler by another commenter and it’s been amazing to use, so it seemed a good idea to do the same for the roof space too especially with houses like ours with the stone and lime. Haha well I think our accents are a little mixed up as I’m from Kent and Ben is from the Midlands, specifically Worcester and I think we’ve both taken on each others here and there 😂
Unfortunately we didn’t film it as it was the very beginning of our TH-cam journey Mack in May ‘23 and we weren’t sure about asking the bloke we asked to patch it up if we could film him 😂 he did a great job though in stopping all the leaks. There’s a couple of areas that we need to sort in the future but for now it’s all holding tight.
We actually don’t know…we haven’t tested it as yet. I would suspect with how old the house is, there is a possibility that it is. I keep meaning to get a tester kit.
If there is itll only be in gloss not emulsion... Emulsion was traditionally made with chalk then later with liquid vinyl. Afaik it never had lead in it. Lead was only put in to make gloss pop .
We do love a temporary long term fix. We are hoping things will last temporary for 10 years at least hahahaha. Thank you for your comments, always nice too see you.
Don’t be so hard on yourself, Dawn. Watching your videos is like stopping by a friend’s house to see how the renovation is coming along. I’m with you on cleaning. Even in the midst of demolition and construction just cleaning up makes a world of difference. When I was a boy I loved going up into the attic, what you call a loft, was so much fun. Once, while I was in hospital recovering from surgery, our son and a friend decided to explore the attic. His friend fell through the ceiling between two joists. No injuries.
Aww thank you, we really love that! ❤️ I think in a way that’s the luxury of not knowing what we’re doing most of the time! lol we can’t give an instructional video so we’re just us, bumbling along the best we can 😂 I really do love a good clean, tidy and organised…helps keep my brain in order too! 😂
I know with the attic…why was it a fun place to be?! We loved going up there! Wow, to fall through and no injuries! That was lucky…I doubt when we were kids we thought about the dangers of going through lol
Love how Dawn was so honest when she said she wasn’t really listening! Great relationship you have and love how you both show each other such courtesy and teamwork.
Hahaha sometimes you just drift don’t you?! Catch a couple of words and think “ooh, I wasn’t listening there!” We do have our moments but on a whole we do work really well together, which is a bonus for something like this!
You looked really well in that black top! I don’t know a You Tuber or content maker, or even someone with a mobile phone, who has not talked away merrily with the camera off! You are only human ❤
Sorry Rob (Dawn's Dad) but I love Dawn in that top.
Oh quite often we record and there is no sound, or the microphones aren't on, or the light is blasting the camera so it is all washed out.... like this video a few times... but yes, we are only human and doing our best.
Thank you Sharon again for watching ad commenting :-)
That was a great episode, ridge tiles sorted, windows insulated with wool. Rafters dusted and cleaned, insulated, temporary ceiling hung, attic floor insulated. Loved your stories of getting into the loft as children, was in there too, I did similar things also. Your new fire guard is very nice. It really is coming together in leaps and bounds. Well done Dawn and Ben
Thank you! We’re really pleased with what we’ve gotten done just lately. Haha isn’t it funny with the loft when you’re a kid! I suppose it’s like a secret, hidden room of the house! Intriguing! Fire guard is great, really nice and sturdy. Thank you Amazon 😂
Getting the ridge tiles done is awesome, saves a lot of potential damage to the new insulation and boards. It will also help getting the humidity levels down. 👍
He did such a good job for us on the ridge tiles. The humidity in the room now it is insulated and no holes is down to 60-65% making the room feel more comfortable. Most evenings the room is up to 19 degrees C. The kitchen in the farmhouse is normally 20-22 degrees and humidity is about 40% most of the time.
Thank you again :-)
I agree with @pitsnipe5559 and others who have commented - don't be so hard on yourself - your videos are great.....I know from my own experience that talking to a camera is not easy and you aren't the only one who has spent a lot of time talking to a camera that wasn't switched on. The more I watch your videos the more thankful I am that the building we are renovating is nowhere near as big as yours. Keep up the good work!
Annoying isn’t it…when you reach out to turn off the camera only to realise it wasn’t running! 🫣 it does get easier the talking to the camera, still feels strange at times…Ben told me to just think of it like telling a family member what you’ve been up to, that made it easier for me. Thank you very much…we’re getting there slowly but surely and you will too. 😊
My dad ‘converted’ our loft into a bedroom for me, I was the queen of the castle up there! My grandchildren have progressed from being petrified of going up two rungs to climbing up at a hundred miles an hour.❤
Isn't that so lovely though, something your dad did for you is still in use today. I do like a converted loft space. Without alterations, we wouldn't be able to have one. Never say never though.
Thank you Andrea for watching and commenting such a nice story :-)
So glad the roof leaks are dealt with. Having a few tradesman behind you is a good thing when needed.
Ah we are so pleased with the new ridge tiles, Sean did a great job.
We only have the one tradesman, which is Sean and even if our roof fell in, he would still take his time getting to us hahaha. He has fixed the leaking roof with some new tiles when we first came, 3 months later he uncapped the chimneys and now the ridge tiles. We aim to do as much as we can ourselves, but like you say, it is always handy to know one or two trades.
Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
Everything is starting to really shape up. You two are doing things most of us cant.I really admire Your drive and energy .Once again Dawn video was outstanding. Sending Love and hugs from California
We are living proof that everyone can do things you never thought you could. We don't scare easily, hence buying this house, but there is nothing we have doe that someone else can't do. Even more so now with TH-cam.
Thank you so much for watching Sandy and commenting :-)
I’m with you, I would vacuum the dust and cobwebs too. Looks great
Thank you! It’s was definitely worth taking the time to do it as they looked almost new once I was finished…which is amazing when you think they’re around a 100 years old!
Just found your channels and I've been catching up with all your old videos. You are such HARD workers your home is going to be amazing!
Awww welcome to the channel and thank you very much for catching up with us. Enjoy the binge watch! 😉❤️
Insulation is always money well spent.
It is indeed, still hurt the pocket though lol. It did a great job on the windows too. All four downstairs windows are now done. We don't hear the wind, rain and even the tractors going by the window are a lot more quiet.
It has made a huge difference to the bedroom and with the fire drying the walls out, it does get more comfortable day after day.
Thanks for watching and commenting Derrick :-)
Well done guy's the ceiling looks fantastic.. It great to see you both being able to handle the insulation. When I was a child many many moons ago, I was never in our attic it seem to to be a scary place. When I had my own home my husband used to stand on my shoulders to get into the attic getting Christmas decorations the children Christmas toy's etc. We were both skinny people at the time. 26 year's ago, I had bought a Stira and and it's best ladder ever, I am 65 and fly up and to the attic 👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire
Isn't it funny how we all get up to the attic in different ways. Never heard of someone on someone else's shoulders to do it though... I have now lol.
We do love a loft ladder. Sadly we only have trestles, steps and scaffold at the moment. The loft ladder will come :)
Thank you so much for putting a smile on our faces picturing your husband on your shoulders and of course for watching and commenting :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject thanks Dawn and Ben, it is funny to hear what you did Dawn to get into the attic very brave indeed. You are both doing fantastic and I am delighted you got your electric on 👍😂😂😂
Dawn scares me at times hahahaha.
Sending the builder messages with hearts is so funny, it's the type of thing I do, not thinking anything of it.😂❤
I told him that he loves us really... he said he was starting to like us hahahahaha.
I actually love your new ceiling just as is. You are both doing such a great job, and because you are doing it yourselves it will be done correctly, unlike most new builds. The roof outside looks wonderful after repair was done. I was so glad to see this post today, just love following the two of you on your building adventures. Sending you both the best from Idaho.
Thank you It turned out much better than we expected it would lol. Shame we couldn’t the panels on the sides but we will have a rethink on that with extending the rafters a bit to fix panels to. We lived in a new build before moving here and there were a few not so good things in there! Oh yes the roof we are chuffed to bits with! It looks really good. Aww we’re soo glad you love following, it gives a little boost to read things like that, so thank you!🤩
Wow what a fantastic job getting done getting the insulation in . Nice getting the roof insulated and the joists. I do like the idea of a floor to walk on up in the attic to store a few light things up there.
I like the wood ceiling and well done and getting there more and more.
Ha Ha Ben you read my mind having a shave
Well first off... I have had a hair cut and a shave :-)
It is nice to have the ceiling up, although it is a shame the sides didn't go to plan. We will look at getting some boards on the sides after we do our bedroom ceiling. We can extend the rafters giving more space from the tiles. Then we can go back and do Lukas' side ceiling.
Yes, a few boards for the Christmas decorations are a must and I am sure a couple of more things will find their way up.
Thanks Simon for watching and commenting :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject Better than Cocaine for my weekly fix
hahaha, you are so easily pleased lol.
@@thecornerhouseproject Yes sitting here awaiting for your next one.
It's coming along! I like the way the paneling looks, it may grow on you. I think if you did your bedroom insulation it would help make the house warmer and help keep the heat in much better and then drying out would be more successful. I am so glad your roofer person was able to make it over, what a relief that must have been. Would they approve an extension on the back to expand the bathroom as is to include that area the shower is already in, you could do it with all the rocks about and keep the aesthetic (or keep it as an outdoor shower)- just a thought, or would you expand it to under the stair case? An AGA stove hooked up to radiators would work in that climate, maybe you could do a fundraiser through buy me a coffee to get one and put in a radiator system. Keep going with the windows- every bit you do will keep you that much warmer in the cold winter nights. I am hoping you get that front door properly fixed soon and that is high on your list. Quick question if you have power then why are you still running the generator?
Thank you for a fantastic comment!
Yes the panelling actually looks better than we thought it might. Working on getting the bedroom insulation underway, I've vacuumed the landing roof space and almost finished on the bedroom today, so fingers crossed we can get some insulation up before Christmas in both of those and start to keep the warmth in the house properly 😀
Oh my goodness we were so pleased when the roofer said he could come and do that for us. All rain stopped coming in now and also just the ridge tiles being replaced stopped a lot of cold coming in too.
As for extensions, I think you can put a 40m2 extension on the back of the house without any planning permission so that might be a future option. We are planning at present to have both bedrooms with an en suite and then the bathroom downstairs will become just a small cloakroom under the stairs, so that can reclaim some of the hallway back.
We have plans for having a range that feeds radiators too at some point, just not sure when for that...because as you indicate it can be quite expensive. Buy me a coffee isn't something we'd thought about doing to be honest...but we certainly wouldn't rule it out...we just wasn't sure if it was the right way to go. Mainly because I think TH-cam and all that goes with it is something quite new to us 😆
All windows are done now and it has made a huge difference all round, which we're really pleased about.
The front door is on the priority list most definitely. We were just going to replace it but I've had a proper look at it recently and I think it's actually worth repairing because apart from the obvious, its in not bad condition.
Yes, the generator...our videos are a little behind but the electric connected one is present time. So, most of the videos, other than the electric connected video, were filmed whilst we didn't have electric.
We've only been connected a week. 😊 Again, thank you for taking the time to comment like you did, it's really appreciated. 😍
Moving your boxes around becomes a big part of the process, but like you said, nearly every box is open, meaning you needed what was in it. The cost is also not needed when you are already having the cost of renovations.👍
This is it. We had a good chat about it and decided that the time taken to drive to the storage place, renting a van if we needed to is all cost too. So we decided we would have everything with us. A you said, we opened nearly every box for one thing or another.
It goes without saying... thank you for watching and c..c...c... commenting :-)
I enjoy your channel. Keep up the hard work! Don't be too hard on yourself! Merry Christmas from Wisconsin in the USA
Thank you very nice, it is nice to know when people enjoy watching our channel. We look forward to the comments from people, that is our highlight.
We are getting there, we are pleased for what we have done in 6 months.
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Cosy it certainly is that fire looks so nice n warm
So glad the roof is repaired. Have to admit that I do not understand much about old stone houses. I guess they are supposed to breath. Modern homes in Canada have vapor barrier attached to the underside of the ceiling beams, insulation is much thicker, and attics have vents to prevent condensation. We also have an access hatch for inspection and repairs. As always, you are making steady progress.
Hi John, thanks for watching and commenting as always, we look forward to seeing your comments.
Dawn is the the one who has done all the reading, so my info is second hand for you.
Basically......lime plaster on the inside of the walls in the rooms allow moisture through the breathable lime plaster, and then the lime mortar and then gets dried by the wind and sun as the moisture reaches the outside walls. Rain can go on the outside render but dries again with sun, warm and wind.
The Cement we have on the front of our house has cracked, so although waterproof, the cracks allow water seepage and then the water cannot escape from behind the cement. This is then trapped in the walls and lime mortar. Moisture from inside the house, from cooking, showering (one day), boiling a kettle and in it's most basic form, living in the house, cannot escape because the walls are already damp where it is stuck. You then get damp walls and floors etc.
Dawn can answer it much better than I can, maybe she will add to my reply if I have missed something..... She has just given me the nod to click reply though.
Lime also lets the walls / house move with the seasons without cracking. Cement just cracks.
Yay, you got the ridge tiles done, no daylight coming through, that makes me happy! Great job on the insulation, I like the ceiling with the panelled look.
Yep, no daylight and no rain coming into the bedroom, which is always nice lol.
The ceiling doesn't look too bad, we were expecting the caravan roof effect but were pleased with it in the end.
@thecornerhouseproject Ian asked why did you put ply and not plasterboard?
Well Ian... lol. Because the ceiling is only there until probably next year, to be replaced with T&G boards, like the ones we removed. The ply is light weight as you know so we went with light, easier to put up than plasterboard :-)
@thecornerhouseproject ahh, makes sense. The ply looks good on the video.
Well done both - the natural insulation looks fantastic and that room will be so much warmer now. Just getting more confident with each task. Sean the builder sounds like a star! Good thinking on Dawn's part to clean those cobwebs away! The house is gradually turning into a home! Kxx
Thank you Kate :-) for continuing to watch and comment.
Without the howling wind coming through the windows the rooms already feel warmer. Even our bedroom which doesn't have a ceiling or insulation yet. Lukas' bedroom is much warmer now and the humidity as I type is down to 63%, so the walls and room are drying out.
Sean is great. He doesn't realise how much it means to us for him to do something like the ridge tiles.
Dawn really is a cleaner. Yesterday she did the hall ceiling joists and today the landing ones. I suppose I should remove the nails now :-(
Thank you again.
Ben must have knees of steel! Ceiling looks great.
We are pleased with the end result, if a little wacky with the padded cell effect.
My knees were OK to be honest. Dawn didn't know how I could be up there without knee pads. I prefer being able to feel what I am kneeling on and not guess through knee pads :-)
Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment :-)
Lime should react with something acidic, so pour a little vinegar on it, if it fizzes up, it's lime. Ps hope you survived the tornado unscathed 💨
Thank you! I did try that and it did fizz but I wasn’t sure if that’s because of the lime plaster underneath it….i will try and get a cleaner piece and give that a go. I saved a piece that came out of a piece of plasterboard which looks very similar so I will try both and see what the difference is.
Yes we were very lucky with the tornado, we are about 15 minutes from where it was but all we heard was what sounded like one big clap of thunder but nothing much else!
Thanks!
I only have one icon for a heart, there should be more just for you. Thank you so much for this.
Thank you so much for always watching and commenting too.
Sweetie, you look far too glamorous to be dusting bits & pieced & cobwebs! Go have a nice cup of tea!! ❤😅
Great progress.Well done you two.
Thank you! 🤩
What a treat to have a long video with so many projects. Made my night. So fun to see such progress.
Aww thank you Shannon! We’re really glad you liked it…we’re always a little….”ooh that’s a bit of a long one” so it’s nice to hear you enjoyed it. ❤️
You guys are coming along nicely. I can see the whole place already finished inside 😊 good video. Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸 💖 PS you could always paint that ceiling white that would be very nice?
Thanks so much! 😊 We can see it finished..... we hope Christmas morning we will wake up and it will all be done hahaha.
Dawn thought about painting it white, but only being a temporary ceiling and the ceilings boards "shouldn't" take too long, we hope it will be sooner than later the plywood gets replaced,
As always Jackie, thank you :-) xx
@@thecornerhouseproject yes, I would paint it white for the time being you have to paint a coat on anyway don't you? Coming along, and that insulation looks warmer than any I've ever seen before!
It is like handling a bundle of wool jumpers, there is no itch and very few fibres floating around. It is nice to work with.
The boards should be OK without paint, but we will look into it as you now have us thinking....
@@thecornerhouseproject 😂
Hello again! In the US, we would put the insulation as a whole slab in between the rafters, and the board would be nailed or screwed into the rafters, not too different than what you have. You are getting warmer all the time!!!
We like the breathability of the sheep's wool insulation as if it gets damp from humidity it will release it when it warms up a bit and not hold on to it like other fibres.
It was a lot of messing with the plywood sheets, they are too thin really but 12mm would be too heavy. Hopefully when we do our bedroom we will perfect it :-)
Oh yes, I do like it nice and warm wherever and whenever possible.
Thank you so much for watching commenting and super thanking. We should be super thanking you :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject 🤣🤣🤣. You’re so welcome!! I sent my message before you finished the ceiling, as I often do lol, but that ceiling turned out beautifully!!! Had to comment again! ❤️
We love it when people watch and comment as they go. It keeps us busy for the evening replying :-) So thank you.
You're doing a great job - love the new ceiling in the bedroom. I'm sure the house will be warmer now.
Thank you. It has made a difference. Maybe not quite as much as we’d hoped but definitely less chilly than it was 😂
So cosy
The insulation around the windows made a huge difference. We have plans for them this winter and hopefully they will look a bit better than having sheep's wool sticking out haha
looks ace folks, id say it feels warmer already! the extra gaps at the side were prob origionally for lead weights to counter balance sash windows. they would have been hollow with a small wooden cover / door that would open to raise shutters. dont fill and its an option to restore once you run out of projects lol
Thank you! Yeah it has made quite a bit of difference, especially around the windows. The drafts coming through have pretty much disappeared! Upstairs there are a couple of windows that have the little wooden cover but they have had cement put in them at some point in the past. It’s a bit of a mixture of windows around here I think no more than 2 are the same 😂
Watched both of your videos tonight…will get commenting tomorrow….eyes have gone now. It’ll end up looking like your spelling the other week! Haha. P.s hope you’re feeling much better now?
ahhh dont worry about it, I should do the same :) I'm about 40% better tbh
So glad you are using sheep wool ! Must be great to install and not using masks and gloves. So environmentally friendly as well. I noticed you are not using a vapour barrier, not needed? You might try putting window plastic over the inside of your windows, it really helps. you can buy the kit that you cut and blow dry tight, or like me, buy thicker clear plastic at the fabric store and build a simple frame to stretch it over. Then I caulk it tight to the window frame. With your windows, you could do two frames so you can still open the windows. You folks get to have your learning curve, you are moving along quickly and of course, as parents, focussing on your child's comfort before your own. hugs
So others can see the answer your question, although you have answered it yourself lol.
Sheeps wool will hold up o 33% of it's own weight in moisture. In the damper months it holds on to it until it can be released when it warms up from room warmth or in the dryer seasons. So we don't need a vapour barrier. With that said though, when we do the roof (or get the roof done) we will have a barrier under the tiles.
We have been looking at the Perspex windows coverings but have seen the plastic film. Whatever we use it will make a big difference keeping the cold of the glass from falling.
Yep, in our previous previous house , yes, 3 houses ago lol, our bedroom wasn't decorated for 14 years and we moved out on the 15th year. Their happiness is more important than ours :-)
Thank you as always for watching and commenting :-) (twice)
Great job insulating the windows and lofts. Looking real cosy now with the lovely fires on. I believe it’s your birthday coming up tomorrow Dawn?? Hoping you enjoy the day off
Haha yes it is my birthday tomorrow 🥳🥳 I’m not sure I will take a day off…I have plans for some more hoovering of rafters! Haha
It definitely getting there on the cosy levels! Fingers crossed with the other two roof spaces done it will be great!😊
The space in your ceiling is massive! You could literally make that a third floor attic space up there!! I’d insulate it to the roof peaks, plywood the walls, and make it a fort for grandkids! Or at the least make it storage space for seasonal stuff like Christmas decorations. 🤷🏼♀️😂❤
I think in time that’s what we will do, a few rafters need replacing anyway, and we can stick some more strength in at the same time so we can use the space up there for storage as we have no attic storage at present, so all Christmas decorations and keepsakes are in our bedroom! 😂 Storage is space is what we lack at the moment. 🫣
to answer my own question: Sheep Wool Insulation absorbs moisture from the atmosphere during damp seasons and releases it during the dry seasons. For this reason, a vapour barrier is not required and the material can be placed between the joists, directly on top of the ceiling below. So great!
We love how you have gone and looked it up. Thank you for sharing your finding on here for everyone else to read.
As I said below, we will have a vapour barrier when the roof is done, but until then we should be ok without one. We just need to hold on to the slates in the wind lol.
Thanks again :-)
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You put a small steel strap screwed into the windobframe at the wall side and take the other side is the strap inside and fix to the wall. Easy. Then gap fill with expanding foam between the window and the wall. Use closed seal foam so it water proof
Expanding foam? Dawn would do her nut hahaha, I will let you tell her.
I see what you mean with the steel strap, thank you very much and thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Great to get all these jobs done ,especially the ridge tiles !!! That will make such a difference. Is it my imagination or is the standard lamp following you both around the house? It seems to turn up in every room😂😂😂
Oh it was such a relief and perfect timing getting the ridge tiles replaced. It looks really good too, so much so, we are thinking of using them in the future for the rest of the ridge tiles.
How do you know we don't have one for each room hahaha. I am not sure why it follows us around, it is large so maybe it is always in the way. We have never noticed to be honest, so well spotted.
Thank you for watching and always commenting :-)
Your son is going to be living like a king there in his snug, clean, warm bedroom. =)
Vacuuming the beams was certainly worthwhile. It removed- what? a couple of gallons? - of cobwebs, mold, mildew, & potential pests/eggs; and whatever moisture was clinging into them. It also gave you a chance to inspect all the joists & rafters, & make sure no problems were developing. Finally, it gave you a reasonably clean environment to work in. If the loft space were still Cobweb City, you'd probably have needed/wanted a mask for placing the joist insulation.
I've seen the fluffy pink insulation still being sold here in the US; & it looks just as horrible to work with as ever.
So glad you got the new ridge tiles in. They look beautiful. & Sean(sp?) is a treasure; as is any tradesman who turns up (more or less) when thy say they will, delivers good work at a decent price, & is willing to work you in in an emergency.
& how you know you're done waffling, is when the camera battery runs out. 😜
*to be clear, I don't mind the waffling, & usually just enjoy the chatty nature of it.
Oh he loves is bedroom and is really enjoying making it his space! Pc set up and Christmas tree too!
I hadn’t thought thought of it like that with the hoovering with all the things you listed but you’re right. They looked great and almost new by the the time I’d finished. There’s a couple of rafters that will have to take a closer look at come the new year, so it was worth a closer look. We definitely wouldn’t have wanted to stick that nice new clean insulation up with all of the cobwebs that were up there.
I remember the old Insulation from the attic when I was a kid…it made you itch like crazy after you’d been in there with it!
Oh us too with the ridge tiles, Sean did an amazing job on them because the timbers aren’t the greatest and he had to replace lots of broken tiles before he was then able to do the ridge tiles. He’s a really nice, chilled and laid back bloke too, I think we are very lucky to have been given his name on recommendation.
🤣 bloody love that with the camera running out! Well we are very glad that you love the waffle….because I’m not sure we could stop even if we tried! It’s in our nature! Haha
You do a fine job on your video's.
Thank you very much indeed. Hopefully thy will improve soon, just as soon as we catch up with the backlog.
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Dawn, I think you also saved a lot of debris falling on you while getting the plywood and insulation up from below.👍
She really did. The time she takes cleaning each joist and rafter is really well spent. Nothing worse than loft spaces with cob webs and dirt rubbing off in your hair lol.
A perfect number of comments tonight, thank you :-)
What joy it was to see those new hip ridge tiles in place, and the sheep's wool insulation being fitted fantastic, never thought I would get so excited about ridge tiles, hahaha!! and a bit of cleaning is good for the soul, Dawn my darling, and as for accessing the attic, when you were a child, Mum and I both looked at each other in shock, at that revelation and the means you used to do it, bet you were goaded on by your sisters, xx❤
They look great don’t they?! We were really pleased with what he did…turned out much better than we even hoped it would. Haha so you and us both with the excitement about ridge tiles! You’re right Pa with the cleaning and being good for the soul! It always makes me feel better to clean up stuff! Haha I actually can’t remember with the loft I think it was all of us 😉 we just used to love going up there! There was also a little hatch in the airing cupboard too I think? 🤔 ❤️xx
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Another great video. That's going to be so warm and toasty now.What a good job. Dawnie, that does look like plaster, but, I might be wrong. 🤔 Your open fire is lovely I can almost fill the heat, love It! 👍😄💞
Thanks Auntie Chris, it’s still a little chilly but definitely warmer than it was before but….once the fire is a roaring it soon heats up a treat! Thank you, yeah we did think plaster too, we shall try what a few people have suggested with vinegar and see what happens lol 😘❤️
It looks great, better than I expected.👍
It looks better than we expected too hahaha. We are disappointed that the sides aren't done. When we do our room, we may extend the rafters out so we can board it. If it goes easily enough, we will come back to the first bedroom and do it again.
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I am having the best catch up and loving it.
We are loving your comments as you go. Thank you so much :-)
It is important to be able to know your weakness, and i do believe that most people could never have even had the courage to get on the roof, let alone repair the tiles
You are absolutely right and Sean doing the ridge tiles did make life a lot easier for us and one less, huge, dangerous job to learn and do.
Although we do want to do as much as we possibly can, there are times when letting the professionals do it and learning another day are most welcomed.
As always one of the best videos to watch. Your enthusiasm, happy faces, and Dawn cleaning before carrying on makes for great watching. Happy Birthday Dawn, love from Spain. ♥️🌲♥️🌲
Aww thank you so much! We’re really glad you enjoy the videos! We do genuinely enjoy all that we are doing and have done so we’re glad it comes across on camera. I also do love a really good cleaning session! I find it quite therapeutic in a weird way! Thank you very much for my birthday wishes! ❤️❤️
Great temporary plan to keep the heat in. Hi Steve, I saw you!
Haha Steve always seems to be lurking somewhere, he’s a little nosey parker!
Old loft insulation used to be Cellulose and fibreglass, some even had asbestos in.
I remember the fibreglass from loft insulation we had when I was younger, very itchy on your skin! Luckily this place had no insulation so we haven't had to deal with removing any of that.
I would vacuum the cobwebs off too, to make sure spider nests are gone at least and to feel clean about it all. M.
This is exactly why Dawn does it. It also looks so much nicer up until it gets covered up lol.
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Dawn and Ben great to see you have your ridge tiles sorted. Also so pleased that storm passed by you with no damage to your roof or house. You both have achieved so much and the insulating will be such a bonus. I love your fire,it makes that bedroom look so very cosy and comfy.Dawn it makes life so easy when you clean and clear the workspace as you go.Not climbing over bits and pieces. How is your back Dawn. Look up The Dainley Belt online. I find it the Best Take care and God Bless xx
Ooh I will have a look at the Dainley belt because I must admit it has made quite wary of lifting too much just incase it kicks back off again. 😬
We sooo pleased with the ridge tiles, they look really good and Sean did a much much better job than we would have done if we’d plucked up the courage to get up there!
We were lucky it passed by because it did quite a bit of damage as it passed through Leitrim Village.
I’ve been hoovering more rafters today and it is definitely a very satisfying activity! Yes, you’re right….i cannot bear a messy workspace, drives me nuts! Xx 😘
Rome wasn't built in a day, 😂 You're doing great, and the satisfaction at the end will be enormous. Lots of hugs. I'm with you all the way, love your videos. ❤❤
😊❤️ We’re so glad you like them! It makes it all worthwhile doing them and also takes away some of the nervousness that comes with each new video going up, especially when it’s one that we’re not sure is interesting enough 😂 You’re definitely right with the satisfaction aspect! Just from the things we have done so far…we are sooo pleased with what we have done so far!
@@thecornerhouseproject you can be very proud of what you have done so far;
Absolutely brilliant - love the ceiling!! I'll bet it was a lot warmer. I'd be filling a tub with water in front of the fire and having a bath. Well done you two!! toss a plank on the rafters and shove some boxes up there so you can do your room and whole house will be warmer. remember the heat putty you used to fix the stove... use some of that to point the stone in the chimney where the smoke comes through.
lime plaster has different consistencies depending on the sand used to mix it, Venetian plaster is mixed with marble dust. Take a plaster sample from your wall to a building supply they should be able to let you know what mix it is. Sands used should be well graded with a range of grain sizes, which for most plaster, render and mortar work will range from 5mm down to 75 micron. The difference is for building a wall the coarser sand for rendering the wall a medium grain sand and for smooth plastering a fine grade sand that pigments or (dusts like marble) can be added for colour and texture. decorative plastering would mainly be done with plaster paris or venetian plasters. You could have many different kinds of textured walls depending on your preference and the mix - have fun looking it up and see if you would like to do any of them.
Haha….ooh hopefully we will have a shower indoors in a few days…it’s nearly there now….but I must admit a bath in front of the fire does sound quite appealing!
Can’t wait until we have a “bedroom” either….will be vacuuming the rafters in there tomorrow I think to get a start on it. We did think about chucking some boxes up there but the collar ties aren’t the thickest so not sure they would hold the weight of our stuff 😂
Ooh I like the idea of the putty will have to see how much we have left.
I will look into that with the plaster. The one on the video is really smooth, I immediately thought of it being a modern gypsum plaster because all the lime in the rest of the house isn’t smooth, but I then watched a TH-cam video of a piece of set lime putty and it looked very similar, so that made me wonder it is actually lime after all lol confusing this renovation lark! 🤣
@@thecornerhouseproject My Father was a master plasterer and stone mason. The youngest of 9 kids, the oldest kids were married when he was born in 1919. We had all grades of sand at home and different kinds of lime and different kinds of powders/pigments and mouldings. I learned a lot from him and have forgot much too. I do remember screening sand to get the very fine sand dust for plastering walls. My Grandfather, A Mason, Served in WW1. I'm fortunate to have been taught by people who didn't have an indoor toilet, didn't have electrics and cooked over an open fire - the stories and explanations and lessons in history from a living relative have been invaluable. My Mothers family cooked on an open fire until she was 11 when they moved to a house with electric lights in 1947. I am from the "missing generation" Not a boomer and not the next gen either lol. 5 members of the family were members of the Masons Guild.
Wow that is some lovely family history there! No wonder you know as much as you do! You have lived it first hand!
Having lived how we have for the last 6 months..(not close to living how hard it used to be by any means) it certainly does make you appreciate every little thing and achievement to regaining the basic modern day "needs".
@@thecornerhouseproject You have a beautiful home with some precious secrets to the past. It is wonderful watching you uncover those secrets and incorporate them into the future. Not everything can be saved but some can be replaced, just make sure it is functional for you and decorate around the function. The most important part is already done - filling the home with Love!
"Here they come a Waffalling"! and so glad you do. Your video's are so good to watch natural and funny almost like sitting down with you. What a relief that you are now watertight and with all the insulation you really will feel the difference. I love the new ceiling, very smart. Can I adopt one of your cats? They are adorable. XX
Aww aren’t they cute! They are sooo funny to watch and when they are running around upstairs on the wooden floors, they sound like a little herd of elephants! We’re really glad you like the videos, you will know firsthand how much Ben likes a chat!
Oh we are so pleased with the water tightness of the place, it’s lovely for it not to be dripping through there anymore! Xx
I love the ceiling! I find it interesting you call the attic a loft. My parent’s house has the hatch, but we kept a ladder handy to go up and down. Our old house didn’t have a loft/attic because we had living space there. Our current house has a drop down staircase, which my husband is grateful for, and so are the cats. Cool to learn how the windows were put in. I used to hear the old fellow say they set the windows in, guess they actually meant the set them in and it wasn’t a just a figure of speech. So does the son think his room looks slightly like a padded cell?
It’s strange actually because when I was younger I always called it an attic, I’m not sure when it became a loft! I wonder it it was being with Ben that changed it lol he uses loft, so maybe I just picked it up from there lol. I love a drop down ladder for the attic/loft, makes life so much easier and less dangerous! Haha!
This is it with the windows…it might be just the way it was done…we only have experience of modern day windows where they are fixed into a recess, I was quite surprised when the first I started on proceeded to lean backwards into the room! Haha
He actually quite likes it which is handy lol but yes he did agree with it looking like a padded cell! Haha
In South Africa you hardly ever find a usable loft space, being the only son it was always my job trying to get through the trusses without putting my foot though the ceiling.👍❤
hahaha. Well we will make loft hatches for access and will board a small section for light things only. These collar ties, nor the roof were designed for a roof full of stuff.
I must admit, having something below you gives a false sense of security. Quite a few times my feet were pushing against the plywood. With a 300mm gap though, I am not sure I would fit through hahaha.
Thank you again, as always :-)
Brilliant work, the ceiling looks great, good enough to be for keeps. The roof looks good too, maybe you won't need to replace it at all.
It would be lovely (and cheaper) if we didn’t have to replace it lol. Fingers crossed that’s the case. There may be a few timbers that we need to replace…but it’s not too bad at all considering it had rain coming through in multiple areas for a few years! So it’s quite surprising it’s in as good a condition as it is!
You guys are doing a great job! The vacuum of the rafters is smart, not just a Dawn thing! A clean worksite is a safe worksite. With the identifying of that plaster, I’m wondering if it is lime sand and concrete. I heard another Irish renovater saying that that is what they were going to use on their stone ruin. Yours looked to me like lime and sand, but it was much more coarse than lime putty used in the hotter climates like Spain & Portugal. Tim & Jo on The Renovation Couple used a lot of lime in his previous stone house in the UK. So might be worth checking out their old videos. Love using that sheepswool in the tricky places instead of that horrible expanding foam. Cheers from hot AUSTRALIA.
Yes, you and me both with the expanding foam! So much easier and less messy with the wool. It works really well with the windows too, the noise dampening effect was instant!
I have been following for the renovation couple for a while now. I think I found them, strangely when I was looking for videos on lime work and I just love watching them, he is very good with explaining all that he does too.
I do like a clean work site, so much easier to work in and also to be able to find all that you need to do the job.
U can put the metal up for 2x4s and put insulation between then and regular plaster board up instead of messing with those walls...😊
Could you give a bit more info on this please as we still have the other bedroom and landing to do. Anything to make the side walls easier would be great.
Thanks for watching and commenting, as always :-)
I think she means to "fir out" the walls, to provide attachment for the plaster board sheets. We typically use 2" x 3" nominal lumber, laid up vertically at 16" apart on center. Then when you hang the 4'x8' drywall (plasterboard), they'll be flush with the light switches and other outlets (depending on the depth of those boards they're mounted on). Then they won't stick out from the walls, and you avoid patching all the plaster. We love watching your show and love the progress in each episode! @@thecornerhouseproject
Thank you for clearing that up, it is very much appreciated :-)
You are doing SO well, and that fire looks lovely. Keep it going guys, the videos are great too. Sending hugs. X
Thank you Alma. I like to get a roaring fire going as I am a cold blooded creature. It is just a shame the fire in the living room can't be used.
Have a lovely Christmas ⛄ xx
Awww your doing so well 🙌love it when videos pop up 😀xxx
❤️🤩 Thank you! It makes us very happy to read comments like yours! Really happy you like the videos! Xx
My mate who is a retired chemistry teacher says "Lime + vinegar will fizz as carbon dioxide evolved."
Thank you, we will give that a go with the various bits we have around the house. 😊
@@thecornerhouseproject it would make good video!
@@peterdowden7694 you're absolutely right! Thank you for that, I will do that 😊☺️
It's amazing how much you've achieved. It's home x Well done🎉
Thank you! It really is home 🏡 and we are so pleased with how it's all gone so far. 😊
It is looking great, job well done!
Thank you very much. Getting there bit by bit to get us through winter. Being able to live indoors and not the tent, in a warm, comfortable fashion is like a revelation to us.
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If insulation went side ways across ceiling, you wouldn’t have to cut it.🙋♂️🇦🇺Woops, I now see that you did!
Get a thermometer that is for building use and shows you your cold spots.I saw it on another channel so it must be true ..
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That looks very interesting 🧐 thank you for that 👍😊
Every job starts with a good cleanup 🇦🇺🎸⚡️🤘🏼🤘🏿💋❤️
It really does! Makes for a better working environment! Less mess at the end too, which has always got to be a good thing! Lol
Safer working environment
Yes most definitely!
Don’t you screw the ply to ceiling over the insulation rather than staple it?
This is just temporary Sharon, certainly in the second bedroom, ours will probably be the last room to get finished. The ply ended up being screwed up there as the staples over time started to pull out.
Your videos are fine, so don’t think about that. 😊
Thank you very much :-)
That looks like great insulation! Can you name the brand? Ta. Joe
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For around the floors and small gaps we used www.sheepwoolinsulation.com/
For the loft space and large areas around the window we used
thermafleece.com/
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Hi folks, loving your channel :-) Brilliant you’re using sheep’s wool insulation as it’s so environmentally friendly. Hope you don’t mind me asking, but whereabouts in England are our form originally? I can usually place accents but I can’t yours!
Thank you! ☺️ we were shown the door and gap filler by another commenter and it’s been amazing to use, so it seemed a good idea to do the same for the roof space too especially with houses like ours with the stone and lime.
Haha well I think our accents are a little mixed up as I’m from Kent and Ben is from the Midlands, specifically Worcester and I think we’ve both taken on each others here and there 😂
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How do I find the episode on the repair or replacement of the roof of the corner house?
Unfortunately we didn’t film it as it was the very beginning of our TH-cam journey Mack in May ‘23 and we weren’t sure about asking the bloke we asked to patch it up if we could film him 😂 he did a great job though in stopping all the leaks. There’s a couple of areas that we need to sort in the future but for now it’s all holding tight.
You are better at the videos!
Thank you we got better the more time that went by.
Is there lead in the paint?
We actually don’t know…we haven’t tested it as yet. I would suspect with how old the house is, there is a possibility that it is. I keep meaning to get a tester kit.
If there is itll only be in gloss not emulsion... Emulsion was traditionally made with chalk then later with liquid vinyl.
Afaik it never had lead in it. Lead was only put in to make gloss pop .
If insulation went side ways across ceiling, you wouldn’t have to cut it.🙋♂️🇦🇺
It's a temporary long term fix.😂
We do love a temporary long term fix. We are hoping things will last temporary for 10 years at least hahahaha.
Thank you for your comments, always nice too see you.
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yay firast
Indeed Firast lmao
its one of your fiber a day ben
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We noticed hahahahaha